Original plans to equip the fighters with boosters were abandoned when Lucas decided they were an unnecessary distraction in the already chaotic scene. Tri-fighters are part of the droid forces in the opening battle of Revenge of the Sith. Original designs depicted the droid starfighter not as a droid itself, but instead piloted by a battle droid. The second expansion pack for the X-Wing flight simulator, B-Wing, introduces the B-wing as a playable starfighter several other LucasArts products also depict B-wings.Īutomated Trade Federation "Vulture-droid" starfighters appear in space battles in The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith. Decipher and Wizards of the Coast published B-wing cards for the Star Wars Customizable Card Game and Star Wars Trading Card Game, respectively. A Micro Machines Alpha Fleet package includes models both of the B-wing's film appearance and of an initial production design.
The B-wing's canonical origin (as the Blade Wing), as-designed by the Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie, is depicted in the Star Wars Rebels, second season episode "Wings of the Master".īoth Kenner and Hasbro released B-wing toys, the B-wing is part of two Micro Machines three-packs, and Lego has made several B-wing sets. B-wings participate at the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi and in numerous other engagements throughout the Star Wars Expanded Universe. B-wings have powerful shields which are considerably stronger than the shields featured on most Imperial or Rebel fighter designs, and they are armed with a greater variety of weapons. The B-wing is the largest and most powerful fighter designed by the Rebel Alliance, and it is generally viewed as the successor to the older Y-wing fighter/bomber. The B-wing's gyrostabilized cockpit allows the pilot to maintain a consistent horizon while the craft's body rotates around it. The Verpine, supervised by Ackbar, design and arm the fighter to engage capital ships. DepictionĮxpanded universe material states that when the Galactic Empire designs the Nebulon-B frigate to protect its convoys from Rebel Alliance X-wing fighters and Y-wings, the Rebels respond by constructing the B-wing. The ship's rotating cockpit stems from an initial design for the Millennium Falcon. A variety of B-wing merchandise has been released by toy companies.Īlthough initial plans called for B-wings to appear in several scenes, its narrow appearance from some angles made it difficult to see against the backdrop of space.
They first appear in Return of the Jedi and subsequently in the Star Wars expanded universe's books, comics, and games. The B-wing starfighter is a fictional Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighter. The fighter's name stems from "ART 170", the file name of the art that established the ship's appearance-deliberately reminiscent of the X-wing. They were the primary starfighter of the Republic during the later years of the Clone Wars. It is also a vehicle found in both Battlefront II and 2015 Battlefront games.ĪRC-170 starfighters appear in the opening sequence of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. A-wings appear at the climactic Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi.
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